To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONThe secret of education lies in respecting the pupil. It is not for you to choose what he shall know, what he shall do. It is chosen and foreordained and he only holds the key to his own secret.
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The wise man in the storm prays God not for safety from danger but for deliverance from fear.
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Be yourself; no base imitator of another, but your best self.
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Love, and you shall be loved.
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It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.
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The earth laughs in flowers.
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The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.
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Enthusiasm is one of the most powerful engines of success.
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Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
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There is creative reading as well as creative writing.
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Envy is ignorance, Imitation is Suicide.
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Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.
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We are always getting ready to live but never living.
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It is not the length of life, but the depth.
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Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
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Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.
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